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Tell me a curious (hi)story. Historical content in Vitruvius’ De architectura

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Kołoczek B. J.

Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae et Latinae

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2022

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vol. 32

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issue 1

57-78

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The article examines the significance of history–themed passages (historiae) in Vitruvius’ architectural treatise De architectura and assesses their veracity vis–à–vis their rhetorical impact. The article’s particular focus lies on Vitruvius’ reflections on history, since the sound knowledge of it-as the author claims-is vital for any competent architect. It asserts that Vitruvius tends to stretch the historical truth whenever he makes an attempt at self–promotion (as an author or an architect) or seeks to win the approval of his patron emperor Augustus, to whom he dedicated his work.

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Lindsay C. Watson, Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome, Bloomsbury Academic, London 2019, 248 pp., ISBN 978-1-7883-1298-1

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Kołoczek B. J.

Electrum

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2019

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vol. 26

211-213

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Robert Simms, Anticipation and Anachrony in Statius’ ‘Thebaid’, Bloomsbury Academic, London 2020, 208 pp.; ISBN 978-1-3500-8257-1

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Kołoczek B. J.

Electrum

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2020

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vol. 27

245-246

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The Aegean Imaginarium: Selected Stereotypes and Associations Connected with the Aegean Sea and Its Islands in Roman Literature in the Period of the Principate

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Kołoczek B. J.

Electrum

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2020

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vol. 27

189-210

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This article is devoted to the rarely addressed problem of Roman stereotypes and associations connected with the Aegean Sea and its islands in the works of Roman authors in the first three centuries of the Empire. The image of the Aegean islands in the Roman literature was somewhat incongruously compressed into contradictory visions: islands of plenty, desolate prisons, always located far from Italy, surrounded by the terrifying marine element. The positive associations stemmed from previous cultural contacts between the Aegean and Rome: the Romans admired the supposedly more developed Greek civilisation (their awe sometimes underpinned by ostensible disparagement), whereas their elites enjoyed their Aegean tours and reminisced about past glories of Rhodes and Athens. The negative associations came from the islands’desolation and insignificance; the imperial authors, associating the Aegean islets with exile spots, borrowed such motifs from classical and Hellenistic Greek predecessors. The Aegean Sea, ever-present in the rich Greek mythical imaginarium, inspired writers interested in myth and folklore; other writers associated islands with excellent crops and products, renowned and valued across the Empire.

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Alison Keith, Virgil, (Understanding Classics), Bloomsbury Academic, London–New York 2020, 208 pp.; ISBN 978-1-8488-5920-3

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Kołoczek B. J.

Electrum

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2020

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vol. 27

243-244

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Lilah Grace Canevaro, Donncha O’Rourke (eds.), Didactic Poetry of Greece, Rome and Beyond: Knowledge, Power, Tradition, The Classical Press of Wales, Swansea 2019, 307 pp.; ISBN 978-1-910589-79-3

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Kołoczek B. J.

Electrum

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2020

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vol. 27

239-241

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Paul Allen Miller, Horace, (Understanding Classics), I. B. Tauris, London–New York 2019, 201 pp., ISBN 978-1-78453-330-4

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Kołoczek B. J.

Electrum

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2019

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vol. 26

209-210

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Między Akademikami Cycerona a juliańską reformą kalendarza. Kilka uwag na temat datacji De lingua Latina Warrona

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Kołoczek B. J.

Meander

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2021

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issue 76

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Tell me a curious (hi)story. Historical content in Vitruvius’ De architectura

Lindsay C. Watson, Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome, Bloomsbury Academic, London 2019, 248 pp., ISBN 978-1-7883-1298-1

Robert Simms, Anticipation and Anachrony in Statius’ ‘Thebaid’, Bloomsbury Academic, London 2020, 208 pp.; ISBN 978-1-3500-8257-1

The Aegean Imaginarium: Selected Stereotypes and Associations Connected with the Aegean Sea and Its Islands in Roman Literature in the Period of the Principate

Alison Keith, Virgil, (Understanding Classics), Bloomsbury Academic, London–New York 2020, 208 pp.; ISBN 978-1-8488-5920-3

Lilah Grace Canevaro, Donncha O’Rourke (eds.), Didactic Poetry of Greece, Rome and Beyond: Knowledge, Power, Tradition, The Classical Press of Wales, Swansea 2019, 307 pp.; ISBN 978-1-910589-79-3

Paul Allen Miller, Horace, (Understanding Classics), I. B. Tauris, London–New York 2019, 201 pp., ISBN 978-1-78453-330-4

Między Akademikami Cycerona a juliańską reformą kalendarza. Kilka uwag na temat datacji De lingua Latina Warrona